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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






2. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






3. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






4. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






5. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






6. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






7. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






8. ACWP






9. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






10. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






11. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






12. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






13. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






14. Reserve






15. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






16. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






17. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






18. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






19. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






20. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






21. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






22. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






23. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






24. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






25. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






26. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






27. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






28. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






29. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






30. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






31. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






32. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






33. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






34. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






35. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






36. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






37. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






38. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






39. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






40. Budgeted cost of work performed






41. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






42. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






43. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






44. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






45. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






46. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






47. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






48. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






49. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






50. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)